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their g from overn- .enown F, they L4hama ?a s no at ions I lad fit St t ires it ;at ..ea., t ev er Go • hemt,• ht it ad to • done were ;loin& 1 tha: if he: taken; had xious posed very hard upon f the badly meant their r , i'. I N what „ Happy Lana" can I see To a after the "Opera?" I only know of ( !!fe A' ep r LAND n which a Gentleman may Sup— r. JITA" COVENT GARDEN, my dear fellow! - WH AY KINAHAN'S LLCOGNAC, BEA-NDYIS I This celebrated Old IRl.zfi Wir ESICY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, .1, and very Wholesome. It Pare, Mild, Mellow, Deli 'don Sold in Bottles, 3a. Bd., at the Eli 'uses in London ; by the Agents in the principal town a in En; ;land r or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMIL T RENT, W. K naObserve the Red hisky." Seal, Pink Gabel, and C or k bran Jed UURNI MBE, CARPET S. BEDDING, and "2 FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAG }"..FREE to arty house in the kingdom, regardless of amoun tor distance. Fir st• class goods at second-class. prices. T. :rms peculiarly li oeral to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock t o select from, displayed in Showrcoms oc, Jupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted . CI, rl lIGYMEN and GENT L EMEN ABOUT TO FUR.. NISH are respectfully inform ed that Messrs. Cobbett a - n d .ed New Edition of their an . are publiihire,r an entire equalled HOUSE Plik :NISH LNG GUIDE, Blast rated "oyello description of Furrdtare at, d adm ^able eng.ravingo ( A eve ,zy iseasteads, with pricet ; att Ref - Led. A copy sent gmti s , d post-free on applie.atic .n. 'Di's costly work a'ain m a t 11 , ca com m plete estimates for fnrnif,hi ng on the f rc,ollolitao. din ~... vised : A Six-room ed Pa ti ionage A Ten:roon Led dit to 6 259 1- • 0 , A Twelve-r )oee ~, . ditto 391 it 4 ,. Together with a i'r lee I , Let of purified Redd' . Ag. of valnable informs tlont o all requi r i ng h our and a macs At)ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. Re 'erences kindly per men and gentlimen. in or near Great Maly p.itted to Clerzy . ern, Southampton, Chichester, Bur 'illy, P reaton, Grimsb . f Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. B r ighton, Gainsborouip' u. Margate. Minster, Wellin;ton, Cro3 *don. Cammbt Lac" - 4e, Staines, Dorking, Kidder- St. A iban's, W'Jroester, II isvidch, .---e .er'oorough, St. David'S, wrexham, and above 500 other plr ..ces in all parts of Great COSSETT and CO., G et 'era]. T ,IOIIF e Furnishe rs . Deptford bridge, London, S.E. T HE MARITIM B CREDIT COMPANY (Limited), will CO 'AIINTE,NCE BUSINESS at their New DAY Tuesday), 157 th , e sth FEW ;UI tCII.-STREET, E.C., TH IS J ( ju H t 3y or der, WM. A. TRAVEF GS CTJAIMINS, Secretary (pro tern). July 5, 1864. rm CREW ,T MO BILIER COMPANY of LONDON (7 .Amited) itivite TENDERS for the PUR CHASE of MOB' . (13 AGE BONDS of £to eac h , to the extent of £20,000, charg' ur:on Leasehold Property of large value, and bearing in terest £ . t Ten per Cent per Annum, payable Half-yearly or presentation of Coupons (which are attached to the 80nd.4 at the Union Bank of London, Temple-bar Branch, T'ie principal of the Bonds redeeruable three years. Forms of AppLication may be obtained at the Com pany's Officr.s, st, Threadneedle -street, L,,ndon. (Entrance, Hercules-passage). T HE CREDIT F 0 N 'O, IE R (Limited), FO, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,030, in 20,0 0 Shares of £5O each. subscribed Capital, 4 '.iP;0,000, in 10,000 Shares. DI P .ECTORS. Chairman —The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortl e y. Deputy Chain, The Hon. T . 'an — James Levick, Esq. YI.P. C. lialibezton, Adolphe Hakim, Esq. Henry l'ownal , Esq., J . P . Edward Dunbitr Warner, Ego Z ~ M.P.John Westmorland, Esq. , ' N , • Charles E. Newbon, Esq, Cbarles Ellie, EN, MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Messer. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Bank of London. This Corn pony advances money on the deposit of Title Deeds 0i aT,proved Freehold or Leasehold Property in Great Britain, w ith or w thout regular Mortgage. Guara-atees Titles or Securities, and, as Agent, negotiates Loan cm Mortgage, for long, or short veriods ; also, Rece,ves Money on Deposit for FIXED PERIODS ONLY, at spec ial rates to be agreed upon. Con iniunications to be addressed to the Manager. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Temporary Office, 80, Lombard -street, E.C. THE CREDIT MOB IL IE R (Limited), 80, Lombard -street, E.C. Capital. £1,000,000, in. 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman —The: Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. The lion. T. C. Efalburton, John Westmorland, E,l. II.P. Edward Warner, Esq., 51. P. Alexander 1-)unbar, Esq. Char.es Ellis, Esq. Ado phe ysq e Levick, Esq. Charles E. Igewbon, E sq. Henry Pownall, Esq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Piles -rs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. London. Messrs. Smith, Payne, an d Smiths , London. This Company is prepared to negotiate Government and Municipal Loans, and to aid in carrying out Concessions. To make advances cn approved securities. To effect the purchase and sale of Shares, Stocks, &o, and to transact financial business generaq. TAENIso to re ce i ve money on deposit, for BRIEF or ner;ods, on terms to be agreed upon. E X- Co mmunications to be made to the Manager. • THOMAS SHORT, Secretary. Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, London. E.C. • THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). In corporated under the Com7anies Act, 18Q. Capital Four Millions, in 80, 03 shares of £5O each. Deposit on application Li per share, and Li on allotment. Further calls wi 1 not exceed £5 per share, made at intervals of not less than three months, and will extend over a period of three years. It is estimated that not more than two-thirds of the total capital will be required to be called up. DIRECTORS. Abraham Darby, Esq., Ebbw Vale Park, Monmouthshire, Chairman and Managing Director. Joseph Robinson, Esq., Berhhampstead and London, Deputy Chairman. Prat cis Tothill, Esq., Bristol. John Platt, Esq., Oldham. G. S. Beecroft, Esq , M.P., Leeds. James As:iinalt Turner, Esq., M.P., Manchester. Harry George G or d on, Esq., 1, Clifden-place, Hyde-park, London. Charles King Anderson, Esq., 65, Old Broad-street, London. BANKERS. The Bank of England. And its several Branches at Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Leeds, New castle, Hull, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Leicester. solrcrtons. Messrs. Freshfie. ds and Newman, London, BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, London. AI7DITORS , David Chadwick, Esq. (Messr s. Chadwick, Adamson, M`K enna, and Co , .), 27, Gr eat George-scree , W estm i nster. o. John Young Esq. (Messrs. Col eman, Turquand, Youngs, and C), s. Coleman, City. O FFICES, PRO TEM . No. 27, Great Georgr,s reet, Westminster, and 7, Laurence Pountney-hill, City, • ABRIDGED PROSPCUS. The Comps.ny is formed for ttie purpose of carrying into effect an azr. ement made for the purchase of been oal, Iron, and other Works, which have for a long:time carried on with very s.a.tisfactory results by private individual ,, ,, and are capable of considerable expansion, with greatly increased profits. No promotion-money or other similar payment will be made. Detailed Prospectuses and Forms of Apca for Shares may be o b ta i ned at t - e Rank of Engl pli and, and its several liranches ; from the Brokers ; or from the under.. signed, by whom any further information required will be I urnißhcd. CHADWICK, ADAMSON, M`KENNA, and Co., Financial Agents, 27, Great George-street. Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. TPLE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). Capital £1,000,000, in 80,000,001 Shares of £5O each. FOB;, OF APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF S BARES. No. To the Directors of "The Ebbw Vale Company (Limited)," -per Messrs. Chadwick Adamson, M`Benna, and Co., Finan cial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 61, Cross-street, Manchester. Gentlemen, Having paid a deposit of 41 per Share, I beg to apply for Shares of Z5O olch, in the proposed "Ebbw Valg Company (Limited)," and i hereby agree to become a Share holder in that Company, subject to its rules and regulations, and to allotted to m accept e. such Shares, or a n y l ess number that may be I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Profession or occupation Date THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That further cations for Shares in this Company will no after MONDAY, received after MONDAY, the 11th inst., for London ; and WEDNESDAY, tilit.J 13th inst., for the Countr . CHADWICK, ADAMSON, M`KEN - NA, and CO., Financial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. July 4, 1861. SHORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d.; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND.--PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, is. 6d. II OR THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PllONO forms an exceedingly efficient -probably ite MOBT efficient -system of Shorthand that exlsts."---si r Itoirland Hill, GOOD APPETITE AND INCREASED coursenODlLY FINJOYNIEtNT may be insu re d by a gent l e Chen ii 4! PARR'S LIFE PILLS, May be had of any liPß Att_ I 1 TWELVETREES' UNIVERSAL CLer... ' , ES WRINGER.—M rs. Beecher, laundress, queen Anne-roßd, Maidsto ne , says—" It will wri ng th e finest laces and nm ..„ a 1, as well as full-sized counterpanes ; and does not press hooh g or break buttons." Price 205., 3 , s., carriae Paid; or of ironmongers. City Depot, 81, Bishops gate-street, Withi n , R C. Works, Bromley-by-Bow, Lon don, E. QOllO ESTAij:" ------ ------------ ROUSE, AND GENERAL Ky BUSINESS AGENCY OF FICES. —Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or Navin ; Business and Houses to be dispose I ot, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer a na Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, w. Valuations for Probate Administration Fire Claims, Rail- W ay Compensations, &c. Ren ts Collected, n OUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and DEFORMITIES are prevented and cured by all ages. They strenethen the (IRA NDL ER' S IMPROVED CU EST-EXPANDING B ItACES, for bo h sexes, of voice and lungs, relieve indigestion, and are especially recom mended to children for assisting the growth and I roducing a perfect symmetrical figure, superseding the old braces and Illustrated stays.---66, B erners-street, Oxford-street, 'VV, kilmAlete forwarded. At all Libraries, in 2 vols., post Svo., NIEIVIOIRS OF RICHARD WHATELY, Archbishop of Dublin. By W. J. FITZPATRICK, Esq. Richald Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. I This day i published, in a handsome volume, gilt edges, price 21s , IFARLY PENCILLINGS FROIVI PUNCH A (chiefly Political), by JOHN LEECH. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, E.C. SECOND EDITION—Now Ready, with Frontispiece by F. Gilbert, toned paper, crown S ao ., price 65., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY ; LYRICAL SKETCHES, and LOVE SONGS. With Notes. By R. N. DUNBAR, - - - "Mr. Dunbar has happily caught the salient points and the peculiar beauty cf each island ; by no means forgetting the attractions of the Eves of this Paradise." —Globe. "After the unanimous testimonials of exce: ence already recorded, it is need ess to enlarge upon the beauties of thii work."—Weekly Times. London Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. Shortly will be Published, 2 vols., post Bvo., THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND THE SUMTER. From the Private Journals, &c., of Captain SEMMES, C.S.N. and other Officers, with Illustrations, Correspondence, &c. London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 66, Brook-street, W. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, C n aring- c ross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box sta'ls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from e 'even to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial seance, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and THE SEA- Kul:, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUP OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening except Sat rday), at 8 ; Thursday and Saturday morning - s, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LTh , TRATION, 14, Regent -street. Unreserved seats, ls. 24; stalls, 35.; stall (sprin g ) c h a i rs , 55., can b e secure d in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. T " 0 X F ORD, + l , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, N'AUST, with augmented band and chorus, supported by the following talented principal artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-H en ry. Tyrrell, W.lmsley Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green ; and UN BALLO IN MASC HERA. Director. Mr. F. Jongthmana. To-morrow Evening, THE MERRY WIVES OF WIND SOR, by Otto Nicolai. Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maelagan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &c. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 108. 6d. Open every Evening. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. THIS EVENING, Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted, entitled THE TERCEN i'ENA EtY ; or,a WITH SHAKSPERE, written expressly by W. le. Vander yell, Esq., in which ➢lr. W. Randall will re-appear. ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS I "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and repgssing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory." -Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Pow,2r, mr. T. Maclagan, G. W. Jester, &c. &c A. ission—Arca, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. 31ADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY ; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COIITY DE LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original phot graph. by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, ARE OPEN EVERY EVENING. During this wet k a new Polka and two Waltzes including "Abschied Von Munchen," by Jos. Gung - 'l, played by com m nd or his RoyAl Highness the Prince of Wales at the state Ball, wi.l be performed. Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. 0 IVEN AWAY.—A Catalogue of the Wonders contained in the LONDON ANAT OMIC A 111USEUA1, to which is appended a Lecture on Mania -Bvo., 200 pages. post free for two stampi.—Ao the Secretary, 29, Geor_ e-street, li ..4ondott, anover-square, " dress ' Open from 10 till 8. Admis. ' -.ion, D. NEW PATENT Cru." EtTAIN HOOK tilat requires no sewing , and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. V o 1- 4 " Patentees, W. TE Je had of all shops in' own or Country. -IT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. ft _ -) .b,H,SONS SEEKING LANDED 1.6 L AATES, TOWN AND COUNTR Y RESIDENCES, FEE HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GENERALLY— To BE WAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let CAR em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particu`..ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible Ohara ter, thereby avoid ing the disaavantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. THERE I 5 NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur• cnaser is introduced through gessrs. Lumley's Agency, anu then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ,YE THE CAPTURE OF ALSEN. --- PRUSSIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. BERLIN, Sunday. The following official account of the capture o Alsen appears in the Preussischer Staatsan:eiger o this morning:-- Headquarters, July 1, 1864. Upon receipt of an order from his Royal High ness Prince Frederick Charles to undertake a land ing upon the island of Alsen within the next few days, Gen. Von Hot worth, at present commanding the combined army corps(the 6th and 13:11 divisions) occupying Sundewitt, determined, after completing all his preparations the preceding night, to cross at dawn on the 29th ult. The passage was to be effected upon 160 boats and 32 pontoons by the entire army corps at the Satrupholz, northward of Sondberg. The difficulties of this undertaking were very considerable, and apparent even to an unpractised eye. History contains few examples of the passage of a river in front of the enemy. Here it was re quisite to cross an arm of the sea whose width, depth, and rapid current prevented the erection of a bridge, and whose hostile shores bristled with numerous well armed batteries and entrenchments. It was necessary to expose the troops to a foreign element upon a number of slight boats not only threatened by wind and weather, but by many hostile war ships commanding the sea, the iron-clad vessels in particular, capable of inflicting serious losses. Even if the landiog of the first batta lions succeeded it was necessary to be prepared for encountering a superior enemy, who long since expecting this attack, would have had time enough during the suspension of arms to re-organise his troops and make every preparation for energetically repulsing all attempts to land. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick Charles, surrounded by his staff, took up a position at half past one a.m. at the Alsen Sound, between the ruins of Fort No. X. and the burnt farm of Steengard, from which point the entire operations could be observed. The means of transport admitted of 3} battalions being brought over at a time. Each detachment embarked at four different points, and was landed at as many different places upon the hostile coast, opposite to the Fohlenkappel Wood. Lieutenant General Von Mansten, to whose bold energy the first execution of the expedition was entrusted, had the Roder and Goben Brigades under his command for the day. Tho Roder Brigade (64th and 24th Regiments) and the Mandenburg Jager battalion No. 3 had the advanced guard and were first embarked. Generals Von Menstein and Roder were 'in the foremost boats the first detachment. When the boats were about two hundred yards distant from the hostile ehore be first shots of the enemy's outposts ';fazed at them through the twi light. The force in the boats returned the are, and replied, to the first hail of grape from the enemy's batteries with a thundering hurrah. Springing out of the boats wad wading through the shallows, the brave Brandenbargers rapidly gained the opposite bank, stormed the hostile bat teries, and drove the enemy back into the Fohlen kappel Wood, notwithstanding his desperate attempts to hold his rile pits. In the meautitne the enemy had thrown up fire balls,e which, li ght i ng up the entire shore, clearly revealed th 7..russian attack. -tie boats were rapidly rowe d b ac k to t h e Schleswig shore. The pontooners of the 3d and 7th battalions at the seat of war had been specially reinforced for the purpose of this undertaking by three fresh companies from home (belonging to the 23, 4th, and sth battalions), and thm new arrivals vied in devotion and endurance with their veteran comrades. SALES BY AUCTION. Pinner.—Freehold Building Land. R. ANDREW HIND will SELL by AUCTION, in JULY, 23 ACRES of LAND, beauti fully situate near the village, and about a mile from the station. The plots will contain from half an acre to two acres and upwards. The estate is well wooded, and has a stream of water flowing through it Residents on this pro perty will be entitled to the privileges of Harrow school, and the occupant of each house of the value of X.,50 per annum will receive a free first-class railway ticket to London for 13 years. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. TREEHOLDS.—Mr. ANDREW HIN D has for SALE a Pair of Semi-detached 7 -roomed VILLAS, pleasantly situate near a station, half an hour's ride from Farringdon-street. Price £550 ; part may remain. Now let at £22 each, but possession of one may be had. Will be sold separately if desired. City Central E tate Offices, 1 Little Carter-lane, St. Panl's. , 500 BUSINES J S C E N S E . LIS T r , ANDW. HIND'S Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFFICES-CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. BUSINESS PREMISES. - Mr. ANDREW HIND has to L ET a spacious SHOP, 9 rooms and out buildings, at Marylebone. Rent £l2O. Lease 40 years. Premium £lOO. Also the following :—Kingsland, rent £55; Hampstead-road, £150; near Whiteohapel, £55, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. BUSINESS PREMISES WANTED.—Must be large, and suitable for manufacturing purposes. If with water-power will be preferred. Send particulars and terms to Mr. ANDREW HIND, corner of Little Carter-lane St. Paul's. , A.D. rm. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. 'ohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Pat. Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE. -The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will expire on 9th July. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this 'orporation on advantageous terms. FARMING-STOCK.—No e ‹tra charge is made for the use of a Steam Thrashing Machine. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take placo every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the securits , of an Office whose resources have been tested by th perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A nAtr. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LOW' ROBT ~ °N. Y. STEEL E, Secretary. ..., ex CONSERV/ALEIVE LAND SOCIETY. MEETING THIS DAY. The quarterly meeting of the shareholdera was held this day at the offices, 13, Norfo'k-strcet, Strand. Mr Gitux;:etsEN, the Secretary, having read the adver tisenidnt convening the meeting, The NontE CHAIRMAN (Viscount Ranelagh) read the following report of the executive committee, which was agreed to : Favoured by the calmness of the sea the crossing rapidly continued with comparatively trifling loss. The numerous batt:e ships did not venture within range of the Prussian batteries. The Rolf Krake, which lay in the Augustenburg Fohrde with some gunboats, and from that position had already fired upon the troops first rowed across, stearLed to the northern issue of the Alsen Sound, while the second detachment of the Roder Brigade was crossing and fired shell, without, so far as is known, occasioning any important loss. A ttac k e d b y our strand bat. teries and two rifled field batteries which unlim bered in her immediate vicinity, the ironclad steamed along the whole line under continuous fire, end apparently seriously damaged, down the Alsen Fohrde; she is said to have returned subsequently to escort the gunboats lying in the Augustenburg Fohrde, after which she disappeared aitogther from the scene. The annexed returns show the satisfactory state of the Society's business for the first three quarters of the finan cial year : 3 ESr oRS. HOWELL, JAMES, an d CO., bt.',g 1 respectfully to inform their patron that Ira conse 41:.ence of the approaching termination of the se?.,Son, and the irrangements they have made for the early receipt of their Autumn novelties, they have determined to offer the Summer portion of their valuable stock at a very great diminution in price. With this intention, they Lave carefully revised the goods in the various department d s pecially to effect such a redu tio n , e this thy (July Ist) throughout the month and durinv Messrs. How.. :August.eri, early inspection. James, and Co., respectfully solicit an Shares Total Qrs. ending Shares e s i s n . Complete. Shares. Receipts. £ s. d. Dec. 24, 18r 3 lB9 63 252 15,323 11 7 March 25, 1864 llB 67 185 17,371 511 June 24, 1F,64 432 81 513 20,880 9 5 Three Quarters ending Mid summer, 1864 739 211 950 53,575 6 11 Totals to Sept 30, 1863 15,537 4,174 19,711 701,146 18 7 Grand totals to June 21, 1861 16,276 4,395 20,661 754,722 5 6 The total sale of Meantime the enemy's batteries were incessantly cannonaded by our artillery and thereby prevented from annihilating the infantry on their passage. Pressing on victoriously, the Roder Brigade and 'lagers h a d succee d e d i n d r i v i ng the enemy the head of his c ompany, deeply lamented by his comrades, e Fohlenkapp e l W oo d. H ere f e ll at Count M a lt za h n , o f the Bth Bran denburglran de onub ß uCP e rog f g a i n I t it 1. e n t , No. 61, an officer who had r e . peatedly distinguished himself before Dappel, and had been decorated for his bravery. Lieutenant Klebmann, en officer of the Landwehr, who com manded the R egiment, No, 64, was killed at this than an hour and a half confined himself to nar rative, interspersed with but little comment, and abstaining almost wholly from anything like egression. As LCs manner is he turned from the Ministerial phalanx, and talked at an angle to a point somewhere between the last seat ma the front bench below the gangway and the peers' box on the left of the great door of the hou — s — e. However unconsciously, this position was well chosen, for after a while, and just when Mr Disraeli was criticising some of his despatches, Lord Russell came in and seated himself exactly in Cie sight-line of the Speaker. At this time every nook and corner of the house was full, and conspicuous in a front seat below the bar was the Poet Laureate, sitting in close contact with the Duke of Argyll; while the gallery over the cloak and the passage behind was overflowing with peers and foreign diploma- land to Midsummer, 1861, is .. £352,670 19 4 The total withdrawals since the formation of the Society (7th Sept., 1852) to Mid summer, 1864, are The returns of the register of the order of rights are as follow : Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total, 5,368 3,234 1,706 10,308 Deduct rights exercised on estates, ttc, .... 7,797 Unexercised rights .. 2,511 The last share number on the register by seniority is No. 14,813; and the last share issued up to Midsummer. 1864, was No. 20,661. The executive committee have the grati fication to report to the shareholders that the two allotments of the Plough-lane, Battersea, estate, on the 6th of April and the 22d of June, have been remarkably successful. The board was induced to acquire this valuable building property owing to the rapid sale and development of the York-road estate, which was the society's first acquisition of land in Battersea. The Plough -lane estate is a continuation of the York-road, towards the Wandsworth-road, and the estate is close to the Clapham Junction and Wandsworth stations, and to the steamboat piers. The first portion of the Plough. lane land, offered on the 6th of April, was entirely sold prior to the second allotment on the 22d of June, and a very large sale has already been effected. The contract for the works on the entire estate is already signed, and no time will be lost in completing the roads, the committee having been enabled to secure for the estate increased facilities of communication with the adjoining localities and railway stations. Building operations have been commenced, and the value of the land has been amply proved by the resale by allottees, at premiums, of their plots. Increased house accommodation in the vicinity of Battersea Park and the central stations on the south side of the Thames is so much in demand, that it may be expected mith ,:onfidence that the Plough-lane estate will be more speedily covered with houses than any property previously allotted by the Con servative Land Society. The works for the Bishop's Stort ford and Colchester estates are in progress. The roads in the Renwick-road, Worcester, have just been completed. Another allotment is fixed for Wednesday, July 20, when the sale of the Avenue estate, Southampton, will be com menced; and on this occasion will be also offered to the holders of rights of choice, and to the general public, a handsome villa residence, "The Orangery," just erected on the St. Margaret's estate, Isleworth and Twickenham; villas and houses on the Round-hill-pack estate, Brighton, commanding extensive views of the sea and country; two villa residences at Enfield, close to the station ; four villas on the Riley-road estate, Oxford ; and several houses in occupation on the Kentish-town, Hackney, Old Ford, Roman-road (North Bow), and Putney estates. The allot tees of the society will please to bear in mind that the last day for sending in claims for the freehold franchise in the counties is Wednesday, July 20 ; and on or before that day the solicitor should be put in possession of the necessary information, in order that they may be duly registered. In the event of any objections being made, the purchasers of land through the society's instrumentality must take spe cial care that the solicitor is supplied in time with the re quisite deeds and particulars, specfying at the same time the most convenient polling districts in the county or coun ties in which their property is situated. If there be any alterations in the qualifications, or any change of address, the allottees should at once communicate with the society's legal adviser, who will attend to their interests free of ex pense. point. Lieut.-General Von Manstein meanwhile col lected his force for fu r th er attac k, w hi c h h owever u unexpectedly stubborn resi s ta nce a t ith the sout h o f Kj as, w h ence the enemy onft appears to h ave obtained stronger rein fereements at about h a lf -past four. The engage ment Was checked h ere for some time, but the serried advance of the G o b en b r i ga d e, wh i ch had now crossed, and was enemy encountered a n to rapidly hurried up, with the arrival of a rifled field battery, quickly decided the struggle in our favour. Notwithstanding his ob stinate resistance the enemy wag driven from posi tion to position, and shortly after six o'clock the village of Kjas was entirely in our possession. Towards eight Sonderborg was taken by the Goben Brigade, although the enemy had again attempted wa y of Ulk e b ul and Wallerup now ow, b u t th e to make a s tand to the north of this town. His hurried. H e tried in vain to hold retreat e b m y 0r e the latter impetuous attack of the Roder Brigade speedily dislodged him from this tists, notable amongst whom was the Duke of Cam bridge. Seldom if ever has a great member of Parliament had so full and so attentive an audience as Mr. Disraeli drew on this occasion ; and probably there has seldom been a special party speech de livered under circumstances of less excitement, or which elicited so few cheers. Every point which was made was faithfully caught up by the Opposi tion; and, as many of that body were in the gallery opposite to their leaders, their cheers reverberated with a sound as if they came from the supporters of the Government, producing an odd effect. But in truth the incitement to burst out with spontaneity was sparse, the humorous invitations to laughter rare—the most pronounced being when Mr Disraeli, reading what he designated a pathetic appeal from the Government to France for aid and co-operation, as it were put his voice into mourning and whined out his words, concluding by a mock resort to his handkerchief. No doubt when the moment of peroration came, the right hon. gentleman exerted himself vigorously, and went in for loud declama. tion ; but there was effort in this, as there was all through the speech, and more than an ordinary tone of that coldness which seems constitutional in Mr. Disraeli, and which he does not escape from except when he flings responsibility to the winds, which was probably by no means his intention on this moment. During the first three-quarters of this two hours and three-quarters' oration, Mr Glad stone, following a custom with him when Mr Dis raeli is speaking, lay back in his seat, with his eyes closed, and seemed to court a slumber, sugges tive of contemptuous inconsideration of what his opponent was saying, leaving to Mr. Layard to cull out quotations produced from the Blue-book which would have to be answered away. It was thus for a time supposed that the Under. Secretary for Fo reign Affairs was to follow Mr. Disraeli ; but ere long, despite of his pre-conceived intention, Mr. Gladstone gave evidence that he was listening at tentively, composing assiduously, and even taking furtive though copious notes. When his turn came he sprang up with an alacrity which was encourag ing to those who preferred to listen to him, to the restoration which others sought at the critical hour of half-past seven ; for even the " mighty master" of debate failed to keep all the assembly, which had mustered so thickly in every possible spot that could be occupied. Those who remained were well re warded by hearing a speech which, as it was step by step an answer to that of Mr. Disraeli, was necessarily an impromptu ; which combined argu ment, illustration, humour—more genuine humour than Mr. Gladstone often developes—sarcasm, high sentiment, and a boldness in defence which amounted to indignant and honest defiance; while the closing sentences rose to a height of eloquence which con trasted, with a happy effect, with the sterner and more practical, but not therefore the less powerful part of the speech, whi c h was equal, and more, to the reputation of the speaker. If a speech could settle the political contest now going on, the debate might have ended there. As it was, it brought out cheers from many a lukewarm supporter of the Government, and concentrated with a certain in voluntariness, the sympathies of every member — save one, perhaps—who were gathered in the rear and flank of Ministers. The intervention of Mr. position. Shortly the portion of the infantry ofthe Corps, two rifled field bat teries, ob part in ed of m r 37 the Z ieten Regiment o f H ussars , were upon the island ; and, n o t w ith s t an di ng t h e fatigues of the nights hurried, in emu l a ti on o f t h e i r officers' example, to follow andc after a 8 o'clock up the retreating enemy to h his e ships. en gagement took pl ace aga i n at SIld T h a A brief lz,n eli orup Haff, in which part t of the it is believed, the4th Wes t phalian Infant r y R eg i ment No. 58, took several hundred prisoners wh o h a d b een un able to reach the ICekenis pen i nsula, whither the Schmid t --. _ . _ main body of the enemy had withdrawn. First Lieutenant Bar, adjutant of Regiment No. 53, a talented and promising officer, fell here, shot through the heart. From Kekenis the greater part of the defeated enemy is believed to have reached his ships. The enemy's troops opposite Ballegaard, which ,aterabrleowing up their ent r ecchs had been retained at that proespiotirotuedbytoahsaivmeueltma n ba r ke d e ou s demonstration, atNorb urg ments at Mils, the explosion being perceptible at a great distance. Tile Danes also set fire to Sender (Signed) RANELAGH, Chairman. (Countersigned) CHAS. LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. borg before retreating, thus uselessly destroying the town, already totally evacuated by the inhabitants. The efforts of the Prussian troops which first en entienigtingfutiristhheil7 damage. The the conflagra tion,ere s a u n c d c e e d p e r d e v in Danes also set fire to their large camp of huts near Ulkebul. His Royal Highness Prince _ _ Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy, Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices— (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City branch —6, Moor gate-street, BIUIke7ADYT• Frederick Charles had already crossed at Sonderborg towards 8 o'clock, and thence followed `7) • ~--,- - ~-----....y . ....., _ _ • ..• • .. ...• - , , , •••., ,\•.. - •0 4 .:4: - 0 : :p.' , ,,, ~ i,:.1--Al'r.,.* • . •,,..•. - 1 . .., - .11 - - 414 t t i ti IP 1 , A' •Ct :UT: . 1 , 41_ , r, , , . .7 ! ,-- , ,,•?),) A ' '.4- • . f -- 7 r ,:. 7 .1 - - .Atik d i. •• !, ‘. 7 ' "-• • ' -,_ ~., ,-." „.„ - ---' . s:- ' -7• , , I •••, ... -t , '' ' ' 4 4 ''. c 5 V W IL c' ibill. - .4; AV(. 4,,,t i• • ....., 1 ‘ 'v , •.71... '- - L-.14, - _ -. 1,• - P'll/ .4 ' . ' ' IL-4 , ' 4 4 - 4. ,' 'J . , ' '''' - " : . Z.. '..,'> '''''l: ' .I..ttrir , --I2 , r.ffif -'' 65 . , / 4 7, - 7 1111P rall‘ ::7, ' , - : @ •.: v ... %...,.., .. ' . '.' .., r.....■■•••••••—•••--) - -............--__ ••,.. 4. the pursuing troops upon the horse of an orderly. The beloved leader was received with loud and hearty cheers by the victorious Westphalians and Bran denburgers. The trophies of the day cannot yet be precisely stated. It is stated, however, that the enemy, who had at least 12 battalions of infantry, amounting to 10.000 and 12,000 men, upon Alen, has left up wards of 2,000 prisoners (among them one com mander of a regiment, and 30 to 40 other officers), and over 50 cannon, several of them folly horsed geld guns, with numbers of vehicles and war mates rial, in the hands of the victors. His loss in killed and wounded also exceeded ours. THE DANISH ACCOUNT. COPENHAGEN, July 1. The official despatches of Gen. Steinman, narrat ing the loss of Alsen, have not yet been made pub lic. The following are the only official accounts of the disaster that have transpired. . - The Ministry of War published the following telegram from head quarters yesterday:—. June 30, Noon, Despatches of this morning, sent off at 8 45, an nounce that our troops had withdrawn fighting from their position beyond Horup Haff. From this point the enemy did not pursue them further, whereupon the division retreated in good order to Kekenis, so that our troops were beyond the Haff at noon. At 1.30 this morning the enemy passed Lysabbel towards Wibey, but at that time the greater portion of our force had embarked. The Marine Ministry has published the follow ing : " Rolf Brake sustained a severe engagement, yet without material damage. The steamer Hertha and the gunboat Willemaes with two gun sloops, got out of the Fohrde, in the Alsen Sand, but a gun sloop and a gun yacht had to be blown up to avoid their falling into the enemy's hands. The crews were saved. The Hertha, the Willemaes, and the two gun sloops landed 1,000 men of the Alsen garrison at Faaborg, upon the south of Fuhnen. despatch from Kekenis yesterday states that the liner Frederick VI. and the depot ship Bellona had also reached Fuhnen with troops. The War Ministry publishes the following this morning t-- 7 General Steinman arrived at Faaborg (Fuhnen) at seven o'clock yesterday evening, He quitted Osterbury upon Alsen at 2.20 p.m., at which time the embarkation of the last of the troops and war material had taken place. Scene in the House of Commons Last Night. The opening of the list; for the great parliamene tary passage of arms was characterised by all the material features which denote intense public inte rest, The purlieus of the House of Commons were crowded, as might have been expected, and within the walls of the privileged chamber the gathering of members was early and the attendance large. Ordinary arrangements were set at nought, and in the gentlemanly scramble for seats the rank and file on both sides found themselves in strange and re■ mote places, and were abundantly content they had got any places at all. On this occasion the gallery on the left hand of the Speaker was the most full, the point of attraction this time being the front Opposition bench. At exactly half-past four the hero of the next three hours entered the house, and was greeted with a very hearty cheer by his friends. The first object on which Mr Disreeli's eye coula have fallen was Mr Gladstone, looking remarkably fresh, and decorated with a rose in his button-b&e. In a short time Lard Palmerston entered, and the peculiar parliamentary applause was loud and gene ral from behind and below the Ministerial benches. The slight obstruction to the real business of the evening having been disposed of, Mr Disraeli pre. rented himself, and commenced in a remarkably didactic tone; and for a period counting by more ~~ ~ PRICE STAMPED ..•.sd. Newdegate and Mr. Kinglake with their amend ments, and with cognate liveliness of speech, gave room for repose to the nerves of the House, which were not too severely shattered by the ezercitation of General Peel, redeeming his promise that the Government should hear from him some day on their Danish policy. It is not to be denied that the gal lant general made some points which compensated for the jorkness, not to say ruggedness of his style. As to the Lord Advocate, he is never lively, though gen:Tally argumentative; but on this occasion had evidently consented to perform the useful, but not very dignified, part of a stop-gap. With a four nights' debate before them, Ministers must be careful of their special reserves. Lord Stanley, judging from the cheers which ever and anon greeted him, must have been epigrammatic; but his vocal defects make it necessary for those at any distance from him to take his points upon credit. In a struggle between Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Osborne, and Mr. Cobden for the adjournment of the debate, the latter was successful, and an advantageous reopening of the discussion will be thereby attained.—Telegraph. 5,7, 9, Regent-street, Pall Mall. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, ThADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financ al operations organised and Banking fa cilit,es arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. 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He lamented the unfortunate illness whick alone prevented Lord Derby from attending, and explained at some length the reasons which induced him to desire that the same Resolution which had been adopted for the House of Commons should also be moved in the House of Lords, but on a day which would probably render the final decisions of the two Houses as nearly as possible simultaneous. He then read the Resolution, which differed only in a few words from that already the subject of debate in the House of Commons, and concluded by impressing upon the party the necessity of perfect unity of action. Several members of both houses addressed the meeting, offering suggestions or stating their ac quiescence in the course to be pursued ; bat nothing could be more unanimous than the feeling of the meeting, which separated with an expression of cordial regret that in all probability it would be impossible for Lord Derby to move the Resolution upon which they had agreed. It was understood that in Lord Derby's absence the Resolution will be moved by Lord Malmeabury. Naval and Military Intelligence, The 2d Battalion of the Coldstream Guards will leave the Wellington Barracks, St. James's, to-day, for a month's duty at the Camp at Aldershot. The examination of candiaates for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, commenced yesterday, before Major-General Hamilton and the Council of Military Edu cation, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. There are about 130 candidates. The examination will not close until Wednesday, the 20th inst. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. H. C. Kane, Sub-Lieut. E. G. Bourke. and Sub-Lieut H. Rose, to the Victoria and Albert; Chas. B. Wood, surgeon, to the Orlando; E. G. Ellis, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide; Henry Bullmore, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernumerary ; C. J. Franks, of the Cumberland, promoted to engineer; W. Castle, of the Dauntless, for tenders, confirmed as engineer; and J. T. Robinson,supernumerary of the Cumberland, confirmed as first-class assist.-engineer. Breakfast to Officers of the Kearsage. -o-- Yesterday at 2 o'clock, the 88th anniversary of Ameri can independence, a number of A.moricani entertained at breskfast, in St, James's Hail, Captain Wheeler and Engi neer Cushman, of the Esarsage. Although the presence of these officers in London was not known until late let the evening bef,;re there was a considerabl:, company present and much enthusiasm manifested. Amongst those present were the Hon. Bradford E. Wood, United States Minister to Denmark—Captain Boyd, United States Marine Corps C. E. Wilson, Secretary cf . Legation, London—Henry T. Parker, of Boston—A. B. Childs, Dr Whitney, Dr Ballard, C. L. Derby, of New York—B. F. Brown, of Boston—a. Huwing, New York—W. J. Valentine, of Maine—G. W. Belding, B. Moran, Henry B. Adams, C. F. Dermot, of Boston—A. G. Grant, of Ohio—M. D. Conway, of Boston, and others. When the excellent breakfast had been attended to, the chairman, C. E. WILSON, Esq., proposed the health of the President of the United States, whose name was received with nine cheers. The Hon. Mr. WOOD responded to this. He said, the President was emphatically, as the chairman pronounced him, an honest man. To a great extent un familiar with political life when he entered upon his pre• sent duties, and with a task of greater difficulty than is allotted to most men, he had advanced step by step to the heart of the great issue in America—which was the com pletion of the work that we now see was but partially done in 1776—(applause)—for by an unfortunate omission slavery was in that day still allowed to live by the very men who declared that all men were created free and equal. It was only because she was permitted to import slaves a few years longer that South Carolina agreed to enter the Union. All could imagine the joy that " Old Abe" in his trying labours would have when news of the great events which had recently happened—(loud cheers)—arrived at Washington. The second toast was "The Queen of England," whose name was received with loud cheers. The third was " The Navy of the United States—(long contined cheers)—we greet its representatives on our na tional anniversary with a nation's gratitude." Cap`ain WHEELER, well known as the manager of the guns in the late conflict with the Alabama, said that he knew more about fighting than about making speeches; but he thanked them, and congratulated them on the event that had so gladdened the hearts of all loyal Americans. The CHAIRMAN said—We have here that wicked man who was accused, and justly, of having laid chains over the sides of the Kearsage to protect his boilers and engines. Mr Cv sitmax rose, amidst applause, and said that the plan they had adopted was one that had been recommended by Captain Thornton at New Orleans, and had at that city saved all the vessels from being sunk. The Alabama only struck that chain-cable once (in his opinion —others on board said twice) ; but he would like to have more of the pirates come out and try if they could do any better. The next toast was " The armies of the United States— God—rGrant—Victory." Mr CONWAY was called upon to respond to this. He said that under God was Grant, and under Grant would be victory, Born upon the new historic battlefields on the Rappahannock, he bad studied for many years the great wrong which was now struggling for the mastery of the New World. He had much reason to believe that God was setting himself against slavery, and he could esteem nothing a real victory that did not utterly crush and extirpate slavery. (Loud cheers.) We had already paid a great price —let us demand the only fair compensation —an entirely free and just Republic. The CHAIRMAN said he was from Illinois, and was proud of the State that had been foremost in the war—that had given to America Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant. (Great cheers.) He read the next toast, "Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable." A storm of cheers greeted H. T. PARKER, Esq,, of Bos ton, as he arose to respond to this. He said that, a few years ago, when the United States Government was guilty of cer tain base compromises with slavery, he could not have cor dially responded to this toast, but now he could and did with his whole heart and soul. He was proud that Massa chusetts had ever been in the thick of the noble struggle for this high cause. He believed that this, was the most infernal rebellion since that of Lucifer, and that this rebel lion would be hurled to as great a depth as that archangel and his hosts. "Our Friends in England, God bless them I" "The Memory of Washington Wilka," " The Friendly Press in Th England." " The B r iti s h A rm y an d Navy Club,' e by Captan Boyd, Health cf the American Mini s t er in England, were subse quently drunk; and responses made i James Bealea, Esq., A. G. Grant, Esq., and Robert Hunt lag, Esq. B. F. Broun, Esq., of Boston, sang several patriotic songs. A. lady (Madame Hepburn) sent to Capt. Winslow, supposing that ho would be present, a beautiful breast-pin, the design being a hand ho l d in g a da gger, with wristlet of pearl and turquoise, an d with the i nscr i pt i on : " To our gallant Captain Winslow, from his sincere friend, a loyal subject of the United States, and a native Georgian." The meeting was a very i nteresting and enthusiastic one, and passe d o ff pleasantly in every r es p ec t, I n th e even i ng a largely-attended reception at the residence of the Ameri can Minister closed the festivities of the day. The Cercle des Art's et du Commerce at Saint- Etienne (Loire), in which speeches have more than once been delivered by Duke de Persigny, has just been closed, some difference having arisen between the old and new members. i ` ~5: I~ yy ~~ ¢')~ SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.--The lecture which Mr. Disraeli propsed to read her Majesty's Government on the folly of idle threats and the cruelty of empty promises hos ended in a singular exemplification of both of these errors. His supporters and his opponents had a right to expect, if not a good case against the Government, at least a good story, con sistent in itself, well told, well spiced, and only requiring proof to be damnatory. Had Mr. Disraeli ' wished to insinuate, without holding himself at all answerable for the suggestion, that the Emperor of the French, seeing the Danish mischief coming on, and being exceedingly indisposed to go to war with Germany then, had devised his impracticable idea of a Congress just to pick a litt:e quarrel with us, and to get out of obligations, real, fanciful, political, or moral, erisiog out of the Treaty oC 1852, be could hard:y have done so mere c'everly and successfully. Just at the very nick of time, when it became necessary to say what we would do for Denmark, the Emperor, according to Mr. D:sraeli, prJpounderk a scheme for the settlement of the alai and all other European difficulties, by matists sitting round a table at Paris. P; Ell F littk how httch a proposal wa enswered, so as there was no intentional incivility. All ways of meeting it, acceptance itself, come to the same thing in the home that Lord it was inipN:sible, ceonnteivlatbc:eo.uldwrooet are be atd, it Rus sell ought to have accepted the offer, end left to events, or the French Government, or the actual. experiment, to establish the fact, foreseeing from the first that the thing was impossible and t h e con ception a dream. Lord Russell thought is simpler and better, and much more fair for all parties, to say that the thing was impossible, and to give good reasons for this. To call this the reason why the Emperor flew away altogether from his Treaty engagements, whatever their value, is nothing more nor less than suggesting that he fabricated the ex cuse and resolved to make and take convenient offence_ The Schleswig-Holstein quarrel stood by itself and admitted of being treated upon its own merits. It required no Congress; it had nothing to do with Poland. Denmark need not be now destroyed because Poland was dismembered a cea tury ago and the Poles are now oppressed. Mr. Disraeli's view of the matter is equivalent to an admission that England alone was faithful, true, courageous, and even wise; ready to act with the other Powers, and to advise on the supposition that they felt the sense of honour; and only failing, as Denmark herself has failed, by the default of her Continental neighbours. HERALD.—The House of Commons listened yes terday to two remarkable speeches. The first, Mr.. Disraeli's, which carried eloquence to its highest point, was a subtle and most masterly unravelment fficulty v di _ . of our whole diplomacy on the Denmark question, rising to its conclusion with a fervid and scathing censure of the Government. The second, Mr. Gladstone's, was an ingenious attempt, the in-. genuity of which, however, was considerably marred by its frequently obvious blunders to beg• the entire question. Mr. Disraeli gave its due weight to the national German sentiment which prompted an intervention in the Duchies, and to the circumstance that there alone could it find practical expansion. But how pitifully Lord Rue.- sell took up the argument upon this bAeis, elahos rating despatches from a dozen different points of• view, holding up treaty law one day, end discuss.• ing possible modifications another ; appealing, threatening, reminding, pressing, now arrogant, now suppliant, and oscillating always between op posite extremes. At first, Franca was cordial and voluntary in her joint action with us. Why did that invaluable mutual understanding come to an end ? Mr. Disraeli tells the plain truth. It was not that we refused the Conference, It was that we refused it, through our Foreign Minister, insolently. It was that we would not take up the affairs of Poland. It was that, after brag .ging about our high intentions, we sank into an abject apathy. And yet, with that example of difficulty and even impossibility, before our eyes, we must needs go blustering into the Danish quarrel, in defiance of the distinct principles enun ciated by Lord Palmerston in 1831, and by Lord Russell in 1855, both statesmen having diverted their policy into one which begins in bullying and ends in surrender. What followed " the stimulating proposals" of Lord Russell to Denmark and the Powers of Europe? Toe Continent was agitated. We were treated with haughty Bercesm at St. Pteereburg; we were met with a civil sneer at Penis ; empty nctes brought us evasive rep;ies; over and over again we confessed t o obligation W hen ce we is often retreated ; and, all th e w hil e , Lord Russell persevered in his histcricil paraileir, his promises not meant to be and his vaunts at which Europe had now learnsa to lough. The death of the littlish King-, thee efili;s of the constitution, th e p ro p osa l by F r anc& ot a Congress, and the rejection of that conciliatory scheme by England in a tone which Mr Disraeli calls offensive, and Mr Gladstone calls honest,. brought no prudence to our councile. We still went on, e: - .ltaltioi our horns 11.9 thout - th we intended to charge upon the who's , ne. , on of G:rmanx. And within a week of the eay en which Parliament le.St assembled, when the Queen':; Speech must have been considered; Lord Russell, after refusing a- Congress, was proposing a war. The Emperor of the French, of course, was thrown into a painful. position. We had been frank with him, urges Mr, Gladstone. Why not have been frank also with Denmark ? inquiries Mr. Disraeli. It was England that broke the neck of the Western alliance, which, cemented by an understanding with Russia, would have rendered the dangerous war now raging an. impossibility. It was England which brought all the perils of Europe into a focus, by exhibiting " the phantom of her proud courage," which dis solved into cowardice when the challenge fell at her feet. When Denmark talked of integrity we pro posed dismemberment; when Denmark pleaded her independence we suggested a protectorate, and as. Mr. Disraeli put it betrayed an idea of setting up a second Turkey on the shores of the Baltic. In whatever way we acted, however, our action failed, and if this has not resulted in the lowering of our just influence in Europe, we know not what those words imply, or how we oan for the future claim, to exercise any moral power towards the restora tio❑ of that peace, or the revival of that treaty law which have been contemptuously flung in our teeth. " Great resources and a moderate but stead- fast policy" would not have put us to the blush at St. Petersburg, or driven us beffied from Paris. Oar objurgations have rattled over the heads of the;German Diet" with no more effect than a hail. storm. All our diplomacy on the subject is waste paper, including the fierce dispatches of the greatest Whig patriot alive. We are reduced to the con- temptation of his " intense incapacity," to the chances of his still being busy, to any number of new suggestions and promptings, and to Mr. Glad• stone's latest taunt that he cannot obtain an inkling, glimpse, or glance into Mr. Disraeli's policy.. Mr astiaeli had anticipated the sarcasm and disposed. of it. " Our policy," he exclaimed, as he wound up n oration of magnificent forea, colour, and bril liance, "is the national honour and the peace of Europe. The details we shall state when we are re- sponsible for them, and know up to the latest hour what our predecessors have done." The debate Will give politfeal life to the week, and be opened from another basis in the House of Lards on Friday Tragic Affair at Sea. , olo o c f k br a o S in c a o r t t c y b , left Sunderland, coalladen, for the forme: Place, being towed pilot. Th e crew, is Sunday a 80 y morning, tons, schooner On a namedb e t w t e h e e n I.l2oB7hdatigl o'clock, four only in number, were Andrew Ross, captain, out by a steam tug and accompanied by a Hugh Mackay, mate, William Duff, able seaman, and Charles Munro, ordinary seaman. These men were all under the influence of drink, more or least but were not quarrelling when left by the pilot and ateaTer. On the contrary, the Rosehaugh's sails were set, an right, and she proceeded on her voyage. The captain. went down below to light his pipe, and then proce eded to the helm to tak e th e comman d and steer his vessel. A few minutes after the three men had left and g one forward, Ross heard some quarrelling between the mate and Munro, but took no notice of it, and as the sail was between hi m and the men ne could not see what Was g oin g on. Immediately afterwards he saw the raid ggps bulwark, which is moveable, float past, and heard a faint cry for help from the mate, whose voice sounded like that of a drowning man. He ran forward, but could see nothing, and found himself alone in the ship. He searched the forecastle carefully, but saw no one, and there fore brought to his ship till she was taken in tow by a steamer for Shields and taken into Sunderland, wherd she arrived about 2 o'clock, or shortly afterwards. The captain can give no other account of the affair than the above, and it is surmised that the mate and Munro may have begun to fight, and the other man (Duff) going between to sepa rate them the three began a violent struggle, and, locked in each others' arms, staggered over the side into the sea, th:?, bulwark, which was rotten and insecure, giving way under their weight. It is strange, however, that the captain, wh en the ship was boarded on her return off Sundrland by a young pilot named Dodd, took up an axes and threatened to cut off the pilot's hands if he did not leave hold of the " fender," or attempted to climb on boar( I. Dodd afterwards complained to the police of this matt( tr, and the captain was accordingly arrested and locked up. on the charge of assaulting the young man. The crew, it seems, were drink ing all the week, and on Saturday night actually took ashore some rope from the ship and tried to sell it for drink. The unfortunate men who were drowned all belong to Cro marty, Mackay was unmarried, and about 30 years of age ; Duff was 28 years of age, married, and had two children; Munro being a lad of 20, and unmarried. The occurrence happened off Whitburn, three and half miles north-east from Sunderland harbour. ti 11 L:4 anted ies of 1852. of the aded ; md in s,;ist tined been Lever Inr of r say same ca to in a n act icy oU od in. ion if 4 we ) any 2t of )n tos )ss to. ieyed ,rong ) Utl- najo rw of tout 36s 38s 3es nand nuch i up. 41a ; 36s— tone. .day, reeiy mely cora trket 86 as small f last ley. .ING ail= Lacil. ress hich Chey • and vies, , the use, prie, rch, 'the el's, Dnel r of on el ~ 1 ~~